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Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the area of chemicals and waste management. Box 4: Strategic … from Land-Based Sources and Activities (1996) • Specially Protected Area and Biodiversity Protocol: Protocol Concerning …
29 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The international legal framework 1. …
29 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The international legal framework 1. …
29 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 1 – Introduction … 1. The oceans 2. Maritime Zones 3. Why protect the marine environment from pollution? 4. Sources of marine … to its coast, described as the territorial sea. This area typically extends 12 nautical miles from the state’s …
29 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting … aspect of pollution that affects freshwater and marine environments. Plastics often originate on land or … environment and avoiding the use of new materials. In the area of water treatment, new technologies are being used to …
29 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in drinking water, and other micro-pollutants in fresh and marine water. Some, such as those coming from abandoned … have been great strides in global Earth observation and marine oil spills and pollution from mine tailings, as well … debris risk based on the amount of plastic debris per unit area of each large marine ecosystem estimated from models. …
29 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… of alien or new species and the preservation of the marine environment. Reference is made to existing and … main purpose of the convention is to establish a list of protected sites (the List of Wetlands of International … links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or groundwater aquifer.” (Principle 1). More recently, …
29 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… the Course was to convey key tools and experiences in the area of international environmental law-making to present and … amended to be the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the … Me (eds), World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in Protected Species (UNODC, 2016). 74 Convention on Long-Range …
29 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of … the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area states in article 3(4) that the PPP is an obligatory … law that would have allowed certain activities in marine protected areas. In South Africa, the Constitutional Course …
29 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of … from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … else; in these situations such biodiversity must be protected since it cannot be replaced and may have unknown …
29 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance